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In the Linux kernel's NTFS driver, setting sparse or compressed flags on a resident attribute skipped the resident-to-non-resident conversion and terminated early. The sources do not state what an attacker gains from this.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-11-03 12:20 UTC. All times on this page are UTC.
Systems that mount NTFS volumes with the Linux kernel's ntfs driver are the ones to look at. The sources do not say which kernel versions are affected or what conditions trigger the flaw. unknown
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs: fix resident conversion in ntfs_new_attr_flags
When setting sparse/compressed flags on a resident attribute, the function skipped the resident-to-non-resident conversion and terminated.
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